Increasing trend: Several female suspects, along with a table of evidence, are presented on Monday during a press release on a drug trafficking network case at Customs Headquarters in Rawamangun, East Jakarta. -- Photo: Antara/Fakhri Hermansyah via The Jakarta Post/ANN
JAKARTA (Jakarta Post/ANN): The growing number of women involved in drug trafficking has raised alarms among rights groups, who warn that many are being exploited as couriers yet remain criminalised despite their vulnerable social and economic circumstances.
The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) reported that women accounted for around 10 percent of suspects in drug-related cases over the past three months.
